Critical analysis of the 'Commission Energies 2050' study

The authors propose a critical analysis of a study which aimed at comparing different possible scenarios and trajectories of the French energy system by 2050. They notice that the study in fact focused on electricity and more particularly on the nuclear production of electricity. Therefore, they outline that the approach adopted for this study is mainly a supply-based one. The authors discuss the European and World energy context, the challenges of the future French energy mix, the problematic of the French energy mix with respect with the studied models, and the main lessons learned from the analysis in terms of scenario relevance, key ideas, conditions of achievement and global impacts